About block 958,445
Bitcoin block 958,445 was mined by AntPool on July 17, 2026 at 7:28 PM UTC, 16 min 26 s after block 958,444. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,230 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0659 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1909 BTC for this block.
Block 958,445 is number 846 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,170 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,555 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,619 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.